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Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici and Beaverton Mayor Lacey Beaty provided an update on the city’s construction of new senior housing and a community center.
Meadowlark Place will be located on SW Hall and 5th Street at the current Beaverton Community Center.
Donald Trump mobilized a record-number of Americans across voting blocs in 2024. Now, Trump 2.0 appears to be galvanizing an equally impressive opposition. Constituent engagement with the congressional office of Rep. Suzanne Bonamici in the form of calls, emails and letters has increased two to threefold since the days of Joe Biden.
On Monday, U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, an Oregon Democrat, met with a dozen providers of victims’ services, saying she is “extremely concerned” about numerous cuts on the federal level that are or will be filtering down to Oregon.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici said her office has been flooded with calls from constituents, hospital administrators and food banks who are “overwhelmingly opposed” to the plan. “This is one of the worst pieces of policy I’ve ever seen as a lawmaker,” Bonamici said, speaking from just off the House floor during a virtual press conference on Wednesday. “It’s going to have devastating consequences for Oregonians and people across the country.”
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici argued for changes in the President’s Bill:
“Stop the harm that will come from these devastating cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. I met with hospital leaders, the hospital association, the leaders of the community health clinics. The word that they agreed was applicable is catastrophic. 97% of Oregonians have insurance, and that is because we have been very innovative and forward with Medicaid expansion and one in three Oregonians, including many children get their healthcare through Medicaid.”
More than a dozen organizations that provide help to hundreds of people sounded the alarm Monday that services for domestic violence survivors in Oregon are about to be drastically cut.
Bonamici understands the issues and the need for funding. She vowed to do what she can to keep the money coming.
“Sometimes people think there isn’t anything that’s bipartisan. There’s a bill with more than 200 bipartisan co-sponsors and I’m going to do everything I can to get that through,” Bonamici said.
At the meeting, Bonamici fielded questions from residents concerned about various policies of President Donald Trump’s administration and said that she and fellow democrats would fight those policies and work to turn the electoral tide in the 2026 midterm elections.
As the situation plays out in court, Bonamici said she’s using every tool at her disposal to protect Job Corps — whether it’s questioning Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer or signing onto a letter of support for the program with nearly 200 other Democrat and Republican colleagues.
“My way of looking at education in this country is that we need to have a path for everyone, and not everybody’s on the same path, right? And so having those paths available, like the path of Job Corps, it’s life changing,” Bonamici told staff and students.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, ranking member of the subcommittee, said that “without bold and sustained federal investment, child care costs will continue to rise and the workforce that provides the care will continue to struggle.”
The Oregon Democrat blasted the proposed cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, as part of congressional Republicans’ reconciliation package.
Bonamici described Medicaid and SNAP as “programs that support children, families, child care centers and the child care workforce.”
Over the last month, students and staff of Astoria’s Tongue Point Job Corps Center have juggled more than their share of uncertainty – but amid the chaos, one thing remains clear. Job Corps is worth fighting for.
Congress created Job Corps — and Bonamici said only Congress can get rid of it. As the House and Senate work through the appropriations process, the congresswoman said she believes it’s unlikely the program will be defunded given the level of bipartisan support it’s received.